Evening-Shift Catering Kitchen Assistant (Part-Time)

High Spirits Hospitality; West Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tips for certain shifts

Weekly pay

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

High Spirits Hospitality is seeking a part-time Kitchen Assistant to support our catering kitchen during weddings, corporate events, and special occasions. You will assist with prep, service, cleaning, and kitchen organization to ensure events run smoothly, safely, and on time.

The role offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, with opportunities to grow across food service tasks, dishwashing, stocking, and event support.

Qualifications

• Kitchen, restaurant, catering, banquet, dishwashing, or food service experience is preferred but not required; we are willing to train dependable candidates.
• Be able to follow recipes, food safety procedures, cleaning instructions, and direction from culinary and event leads.
• Be able to communicate clearly and professionally in English to perform the essential functions of the role.
• Have the flexibility to work Friday and Saturday evenings, with additional prep shifts as available.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and obtain any food safety training or certification required for assigned duties.
• Be able to stand and walk for extended periods and frequently lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation, including washing, peeling, cutting, portioning, labeling, packaging, and assembling ingredients according to recipes and supervisor instructions.
• Support the culinary team with cooking, reheating, plating, garnishing, packing, loading, unloading, and transport readiness as assigned.
• Set up, maintain, replenish, and break down buffets, food stations, back-of-house service areas, and plated meal production lines.
• Assist with food service by replenishing menu items, serving guests, bussing, clearing service areas, and responding promptly to direction from culinary and event leads.
• Operate the dishwashing area and wash, rinse, sanitize, dry, sort, polish, and put away dishes, utensils, cookware, glassware, service pieces, and kitchen equipment.
• Clean and sanitize prep tables, sinks, floors, walls, shelving, coolers, equipment, carts, trash areas, and other kitchen or event workspaces before, during, and after shifts.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, allergen, temperature-control, labeling, storage, and personal hygiene procedures at all times.
• Stock and organize food, disposables, chemicals, smallwares, and supplies, and promptly report shortages, damage, safety concerns, or equipment problems.
• Assist with trash removal, event breakdown, kitchen resets, deep cleaning, and other hands-on culinary or operational duties as assigned.
• Assist with inventory.

Skills

Food prep

Dishwashing

Cleaning

English communication

Dependable

Teamwork

Education

ServSafe Food Handler Certificate

Job description

High Spirits Hospitality is seeking a part-time Kitchen Assistant to support our catering kitchen during weddings, corporate events, and special occasions. You will assist with prep, service, cleaning, and kitchen organization to ensure events run smoothly, safely, and on time.

The role offers hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, with opportunities to grow across food service tasks, dishwashing, stocking, and event support.